Back in Circulation is a 1937 American comedy drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell. Based on the short story "Angle Shooter" by Adela Rogers St. Johns, Blondell plays a fast-moving newspaper reporter who senses a story when she spots a young recent widow partying in a night club.[1]

Back in Circulation
Still with John Litel and Joan Blondell
Directed byRay Enright
Screenplay byWarren Duff
Seton I. Miller
Based on"Angle Shooter"
1937 Cosmopolitan story
by Adela Rogers St. Johns
Produced bySamuel Bischoff
StarringPat O'Brien
Joan Blondell
Margaret Lindsay
CinematographyArthur L. Todd
Edited byClarence Kolster
Music byBernhard Kaun
Heinz Roemheld
Production
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Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • September 25, 1937 (1937-09-25)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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The top reporter on the Chronicle is a woman, "Timmy" Blake, who is engaged to marry Bill Morgan, her editor. Morgan assigns her to investigate the death of wealthy Spencer Wade, who left a note implicating Eugene Forde, his doctor.

Timmy believes that the victim's widow, Arline, is responsible. She goes to nightclub owner Sam Sherman to find out the name of a man Arline was seen with there. It turns out to be Carlton Whitney, a known gigolo.

Arline sues for libel when Timmy publishes a story implicating her. She is placed on trial for murder. It turns out Whitney has been blackmailing her, but when Wade suspected her of an affair, his suicide note implicated Forde by mistake. Timmy and Morgan get the story straightened out, and Arline ends up marrying the doctor.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Back in Circulation (1937)". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
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